[grellis]

As I suggested someone else do, look up the statistics for your area. Find out how many rapists are actually convicted of the crime they are charged with. The notion that a man is likely to be found guilty--successfully prosecuted--whether he is married or not--just by having been accused is ludicrous. It simply is not true. Very, very few ADAs out there are willing to risk charging a man with rape without, at the very least, some physical evidence. I am not saying it never happens, but it seldom does, and when it does, the likelihood of the accused walking away is damn near 100%. Ask any prosecuting attorney. Even with physical evidence--in many cases, overwhelming physical evidence--a lot of ADAs would rather plea the charge down than go to trial on a rape charge.

[Chemist_Geek]

Very, very few ADAs out there are willing to risk charging a man with rape without, at the very least, some physical evidence. I am not saying it never happens, but it seldom does, and when it does, the likelihood of the accused walking away is damn near 100%. Ask any prosecuting attorney. Even with physical evidence--in many cases, overwhelming physical evidence--a lot of ADAs would rather plea the charge down than go to trial on a rape charge.

He (the defendant) is still ruined financially and has a public image as an accused sex offender. Unless he moves far, far away, he might as well have gone to jail...